Skull Horde

An absolute blast of a game. If you enjoy being a crazed demi-lich, floating about as a head as you control your undead army and lead it to the destruction of your foes, this game is for you! The game is fast paced and action packed. Each level in a run has a timer that as it ticks down, will increase the strength of the foes ou face. You need to kill those foes, and use the currencies and items they drop to improve and grow your horde. You will start off with nothing, but will end the run, if you survive, with an extremely powerful army. It is a surprisingly deep and intricate game, and all of the different units you can unlock and recruit, along with all of the different items, will make it so that no two runs are really the same. This then also compounds further with the addition of the different characters you can play as, with their own unique abilities and skill trees. Each stage comes with a unique look and enemies, as well as curses and rites you can pick to modify how easy or difficult your game is. If you don't want to play the game in a rush, you can activate the explorer mode, which turns off the timer. This all culminates in a really fun game that you can customize to your play style, and what you enjoy. The units, both enemy and friendly, all look great and are easily to identify and recognize. All of the sprite art is super creative and looks great, including the levels themselves. Normally while I play games I will eventually turn off the music and put on my own, or put on a podcast or a video, but in this case the music was so awesome that I kept it on the entire time. The heavy metal tracks really add to how awesome this game is, and helps to make you feel like you are a true evil overlord. Though, I will admit, that I do wish that there were a couple more music tracks, as after a while they could get a bit repetative. I really, really enjoyed this game and when I booted it up I found that every time I completed a run, I wanted to do just one more, and the cycle would repeat. For some who really loves this genre of games I can see them getting hundreds of hours in it. For only $16 CAD I would say that is is something you could pick up without a sale, and I don't say that often! Highly recommended.